New Adventures….
I’ve discovered something. My new backyard is the perfect playground. For me and for Pookah. Let me explain: our old yard, while big, wasn’t fenced in, and only included an endless stretch of green...
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So I went in my Manager’s office to quit. And came out agreeing to work PRN. Which means, showing up there 2 days a month for 2 twelve hour shifts. I have no clue how it happened. But of course, by the...
View ArticleSaturday and Sunday
This weekend, I had a date. That almost didn’t happen. As I mentioned on Friday, Pookah’s school has “parent’s night out” every year in February. Excited much?? Ummmm yes. Of course, the universe being...
View ArticleNew Doctors, Clean up, Getting Ready…
Since we’ve moved clear to the other side of town from where we were, I’ve been on the hunt for new doctors for Pookah. I’ve been going on recommendations from friends and doctors I work with but um,...
View ArticleMy NEW Life….
Last week, was eyeopening. I don’t know if I can describe to you how it feels to simply be able to sit down for an uninterrupted hour and have lunch. To actually enjoy my lunch instead of mindlessly...
View ArticleRandoms
My new routine adding Pookah went better than expected last week. I can get him up, dressed, fed and out the door in 30 minutes. The trick is to get everything ready the night before and to just...
View ArticlePookah and the baby
I’m writing this briefly, as we just got back from the road trip from hell. More on that later. The highlight of all of our weekend, was meeting the baby. My brother in law’s new baby. It was love at...
View ArticleA Step Backwards
The past few weeks, my boy has been going through it: a week long stomach virus a cold a bad cough that had us bringing out Mr Neb at 3 am. He’s better, but now we have a new problem: potty training...
View ArticleExhausted
It’s Friday, and I’m exhausted. this has been an emotionally draining week. The short version of the story is that I had to make a quick run to Alabama at 6pm on Sunday evening because my father had...
View ArticleRandom Thoughts on Monday Morning.
It’s Monday! Thanks for the kind words about my Dad. He has an appointment with a neurologist today. Hopefully, they can give us some insight into what’s going on. I’m not too happy today since I...
View ArticleEaster and egg hunts and playgrounds and Starbucks…
I love it when Pookah has playdates. He had one this weekend with one of my friends and her two kids. They laughed, they played. They colored eggs….. Then went to the park and did boy things such as...
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Watching: Reruns of Scandal. I mean really? My current level of frustration that I don’t have that show to watch on Thursday night is at an all time high. I feel like a crackhead, scratching and...
View ArticleDocumenting Our Lives.
And we have another case of Pink Eye over here. Nasty a.. daycare! I’m so hot I don’t know what to do! I had to take off of work yesterday and I really don’t have any time off! I’m never going to be...
View ArticleWordless Wednesday: Selfie
I’m a little out of it this week. I’ve had a headache that keeps coming and going. A sure sign that a migraine is coming. Not good. Too much to do, and not enough get up and go to get it done. But...
View ArticleA Wet Weekend
We were lazy this weekend. Pookah and I ventured out in the torential rain to go to the bookstore on Saturday morning. I had promised him a book, and he wanted to buy apples. So we did. But we didn’t...
View ArticleThe One Where the Daycare Almost Killed My Child.
Sooooooo They gave my son, who is allergic to wheat, a pancake at daycare today. Let’s let that marinate for a moment…… I get the call, around 930 that Pookah is not feeling well. He says his stomach...
View ArticleMotherhood
I’ve been practicing selfies for forever now. And they never come out right. Something is always off. The focus, the light, the composition. I’m never satisfied. Sometimes, I feel like motherhood is...
View ArticleHard Choices
First, let me start by saying thank you for all of the thoughts and kind words. I appreciate it. And Pookah recovered quickly. The photo above was taken on Saturday, 2 days after the “incident”. He...
View ArticleRandom Thoughts
There is a long list of things I want to do. But I have no time to do them. I realized the other day that CDub never compliments my photography. Specifically, he hates every photo I’ve ever taken...
View ArticleRandoms on Friday
( Random Photo to start us off….) This week was….long. Pookah got sick again. Sigh. But just a cold. But I swear it about sent me over the edge. I just want him to be well damn it!! PMS is a son of a...
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